M/S. SHOBIKAA IMPEX PVT. LTD. vs CENTRAL MEDICAL SERVICES SOCIETY .

The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decision regarding the non-compliance of the appellants' bid for the procurement of Long Lasting Insecticide Nets (LLIN) under the National Vector Borne Disease Control Project. The Court emphasized that under Section 9(3B) of the Insecticide Act, 1968, the requirement for a certificate of registration from the Central Insecticide Board (CIB) was mandatory for bid compliance. The Court affirmed that the amendment to the bidding instructions necessitated the submission of this certificate at the time of tender opening, leading to the dismissal of the writ petition.